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A former Financial Markets Authority analyst who falsified his CV to get that job has admitted theft and forgery charges.

Benjamin Anthony Kiro was convicted after pleading guilty to 23 charges, including forgery, use of a forged document, theft by a person in a special relationship and obtaining money by deception.

Kiro forged his academic record from Australian universities and used a false curriculum vitae to obtain employment the FMA in 2014. He worked at the capital markets regulator for around three months, which is likely to cause embarrassment for the organisation.

Kiro also convinced women he met on online dating sites such as Tinder, or businessmen introduced to him by associates, to invest in companies soon to list on the stock exchange. Police say the funds given to him, totalling $330,000, were never invested.